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In 1895, a man named William G. Morgan invented a game he called Mintonette. He
modeled it on two other sports: tennis and handball. This game soon became known as
volleyball. Named for the volleys exchanged between the two teams.
Indoor volleyball played on a court; outdoor volleyball can be played on the beach or on
grass. Today this has many different variations, such as footvolley and Hoozerball. In
footvolley (played using a soccer ball), which is from Brazil, players use everything but his or
her hands. Hooverball is played with a heavy medicine ball, which is caught and thrown back
rather than hit across the net.
Volleyball, which is popular in many countries around the world, has been an Olympic
sport since 1964. Brazil, the United States, and Russia are frequant finalists in the competition.
In 2008 the U.S. men’s team beat Brazil for the gold medal.